a_and_a/trials/drafts/TheGhostscriptImposition.ipynb

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    "# The Ghostscript Imposition\n",
    "\n",
    "> Imposition is one of the fundamental steps in the prepress printing process. It consists of the arrangement of the printed product’s pages on the printer’s sheet, in order to obtain faster printing, simplify binding and reduce paper waste.\n",
    "\n",
    "> Correct imposition minimizes printing time by maximizing the number of pages per impression, reducing cost of press time and materials. To achieve this, the printed sheet must be filled as fully as possible. \n",
    "\n",
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imposition\n"
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    "## Paged media: A timeline\n",
    "\n",
    "**1980s**\n",
    "\n",
    "[![](https://www.graphic-reseau.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3/small_image/170x170/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/o/logo-adobepostscript.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript) [![](https://www.ghostscript.com/images/ghostscript_logo.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostscript)\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "**1990s**\n",
    "\n",
    "[![](https://web.archive.org/web/19970304211647im_/http://www3.adobe.com/GIFS/getacro.gif)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF) [![](https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/f/f4/Mosaic.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML)\n",
    "\n",
    "[Dave Raggett's Touch of Style tutorial](https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style) from/updated 2002, is a good introduction to and reflection on using CSS for the web -- notice there's almost no discussion of print -- it's all about how pages get rendered online, aka in a web browser. This is still the focus of CSS today... but...\n",
    "\n",
    "**TODAY**\n",
    "\n",
    "![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/HTML5_logo_and_wordmark.svg/180px-HTML5_logo_and_wordmark.svg.png) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/CSS3_logo_and_wordmark.svg/180px-CSS3_logo_and_wordmark.svg.png)](https://drafts.csswg.org/css-page-3/) ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Adobe_PDF.svg/150px-Adobe_PDF.svg.png)\n",
    "\n",
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS\n",
    "\n",
    "CSS3 includes an extensive [Paged Media Specification](https://drafts.csswg.org/css-page-3/) describing how CSS can be *also* used to render \"paged media\" (ie when printed or saved as PDF). Most browsers do not implement these rules (except in some cases when you print a page). The *Weasyprint* python library implements some of these guidelines."
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   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## The \"UNIX\" philosophy of small tools composed together (and the pipeline)\n",
    "![](https://thedailykylie.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/tool-box.jpg)"
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   "source": [
    "## Use the !shell\n",
    "Jupyter (and ipython before it) supports the use of shell commands fluidly along side your python code. When the line starts with a **!** (the exclamation point, often called **bang** by command line users), the command is interpreted as a shell command and performed, the results displayed below, just like with python code. Note that the shell has different rules about what a good structure is. In any case the first word is the name of a command..."
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      "Wed 28 Oct 2020 09:10:50 PM CET\n"
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   "source": [
    "!date"
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      "mb\n"
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   "source": [
    "!whoami"
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      "aalib-pdf.ipynb\t\t\t   nltk-tfidf.ipynb\n",
      "ASCII-canvas-to-PDF.ipynb\t   patches\n",
      "ASCII-canvas-to-PDF.pdf\t\t   patterns-generating.ipynb\n",
      "ASCII-patch-making.ipynb\t   patterns-searching-for.ipynb\n",
      "ASCII-quilt.ipynb\t\t   PIL-basics.ipynb\n",
      "ASCII-quilt-making.ipynb\t   pillow_imagedraw.ipynb\n",
      "ASCII-QUILT.pdf\t\t\t   py\n",
      "Concordance_Patches\t\t   python-cheatsheet.ipynb\n",
      "concordance_quilt.ipynb\t\t   quilt.ipynb\n",
      "dictionary-step-by-step.ipynb\t   quilts\n",
      "fonts\t\t\t\t   reportlab-canvas-A4-bag-of-words.ipynb\n",
      "hotseat.ipynb\t\t\t   reportlab-canvas-A4-bag-of-words.pdf\n",
      "img\t\t\t\t   reportlab-cheatsheet.ipynb\n",
      "json-dataset.json\t\t   reportlab_tests.ipynb\n",
      "json-making-datasets.ipynb\t   TheGhostscriptImposition.ipynb\n",
      "mydocument.pdf\t\t\t   txt\n",
      "nltk-frequency-distribution.ipynb  untitled.txt\n",
      "NLTKing.ipynb\t\t\t   weasyprint.ipynb\n",
      "nltk-pos-tagger.ipynb\t\t   weasyprint-test.pdf\n",
      "nltk-similar-words.ipynb\t   WordNet-synsets.ipynb\n"
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   "source": [
    "!ls"
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   "source": [
    "## An zine introduction to the terminal\n",
    "\n",
    "https://solarpunk.cool/zines/map-is-the-territory/\n"
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   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## MAN oh MAN"
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   "source": [
    "A very important concept from the UNIX / Linux / Libre software world is that documentation ought to be seen as an full part of the distribution of software. When software is installed, it often installs a so-called \"man page\" (for manual). You can then read the manual with the \"man\" command followed by the command you are interested in..."
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      "GS(1)                             Ghostscript                            GS(1)\n",
      "\n",
      "NAME\n",
      "       gs  -  Ghostscript  (PostScript  and  PDF language interpreter and pre‐\n",
      "       viewer)\n",
      "\n",
      "SYNOPSIS\n",
      "       gs [ options ] [ files ] ...\n",
      "\n",
      "DESCRIPTION\n",
      "       The gs command invokes Ghostscript, an interpreter  of  Adobe  Systems'\n",
      "       PostScript(tm)  and Portable Document Format (PDF) languages.  gs reads\n",
      "       \"files\" in sequence and executes them as  Ghostscript  programs.  After\n",
      "       doing this, it reads further input from the standard input stream (nor‐\n",
      "       mally the keyboard), interpreting each line separately and output to an\n",
      "       output  device (may be a file or an X11 window preview, see below). The\n",
      "       interpreter exits gracefully when it encounters the \"quit\" command (ei‐\n",
      "       ther  in  a file or from the keyboard), at end-of-file, or at an inter‐\n",
      "       rupt signal (such as Control-C at the keyboard).\n",
      "\n",
      "       The interpreter recognizes many option switches, some of which are  de‐\n",
      "       scribed below. Please see the usage documentation for complete informa‐\n",
      "       tion. Switches may appear anywhere in the command line and apply to all\n",
      "       files  thereafter.   Invoking Ghostscript with the -h or -? switch pro‐\n",
      "       duces a message which shows several useful switches,  all  the  devices\n",
      "       known  to  that  executable,  and the search path for fonts; on Unix it\n",
      "       also shows the location of detailed documentation.\n",
      "\n",
      "       Ghostscript may be built to use many different output devices.  To  see\n",
      "       which devices your executable includes, run \"gs -h\".\n",
      "\n",
      "       Unless  you specify a particular device, Ghostscript normally opens the\n",
      "       first one of those and directs output to it.\n",
      "\n",
      "       If you have installed the ghostscript-x Debian package and are under X,\n",
      "       the  default device is an X11 window (previewer), else ghostscript will\n",
      "       use the bbox device and print on stdout the dimension of the postscript\n",
      "       file.\n",
      "\n",
      "       So  if the first one in the list is the one you want to use, just issue\n",
      "       the command\n",
      "\n",
      "            gs myfile.ps\n",
      "\n",
      "       You can also check the set of  available  devices  from  within  Ghost‐\n",
      "       script: invoke Ghostscript and type\n",
      "\n",
      "            devicenames ==\n",
      "\n",
      "       but  the  first device on the resulting list may not be the default de‐\n",
      "       vice you determine with \"gs -h\".  To specify \"AbcXyz\"  as  the  initial\n",
      "       output device, include the switch\n",
      "\n",
      "            -sDEVICE=AbcXyz\n",
      "\n",
      "       For example, for output to an Epson printer you might use the command\n",
      "\n",
      "            gs -sDEVICE=epson myfile.ps\n",
      "\n",
      "       The  \"-sDEVICE=\"  switch  must  precede  the first mention of a file to\n",
      "       print, and only the switch's first use has any effect.\n",
      "\n",
      "       Finally, you can specify a default device in the  environment  variable\n",
      "       GS_DEVICE.  The order of precedence for these alternatives from highest\n",
      "       to lowest (Ghostscript uses the device defined highest in the list) is:\n",
      "\n",
      "       Some devices can support different resolutions (densities).  To specify\n",
      "       the resolution on such a printer, use the \"-r\" switch:\n",
      "\n",
      "            gs -sDEVICE=<device> -r<xres>x<yres>\n",
      "\n",
      "       For  example,  on a 9-pin Epson-compatible printer, you get the lowest-\n",
      "       density (fastest) mode with\n",
      "\n",
      "            gs -sDEVICE=epson -r60x72\n",
      "\n",
      "       and the highest-density (best output quality) mode with\n",
      "\n",
      "            gs -sDEVICE=epson -r240x72.\n",
      "\n",
      "       If you select a printer as the output device, Ghostscript  also  allows\n",
      "       you  to  choose  where Ghostscript sends the output -- on Unix systems,\n",
      "       usually to a temporary file.  To send the output to a  file  \"foo.xyz\",\n",
      "       use the switch\n",
      "\n",
      "            -sOutputFile=foo.xyz\n",
      "\n",
      "       You  might  want  to  print each page separately.  To do this, send the\n",
      "       output to a series of files \"foo1.xyz, foo2.xyz, ...\" using the \"-sOut‐\n",
      "       putFile=\" switch with \"%d\" in a filename template:\n",
      "\n",
      "            -sOutputFile=foo%d.xyz\n",
      "\n",
      "       Each resulting file receives one page of output, and the files are num‐\n",
      "       bered in sequence.  \"%d\" is a printf format specification; you can also\n",
      "       use a variant like \"%02d\".\n",
      "\n",
      "       You can also send output to a pipe.  For example, to pipe output to the\n",
      "       \"lpr\" command (which, on many Unix systems, directs it to  a  printer),\n",
      "       use the option\n",
      "\n",
      "            -sOutputFile=%pipe%lpr\n",
      "\n",
      "       You can also send output to standard output:\n",
      "\n",
      "            -sOutputFile=-\n",
      "       or\n",
      "            -sOutputFile=%stdout%\n",
      "\n",
      "       In  this  case  you must also use the -q switch, to prevent Ghostscript\n",
      "       from writing messages to standard output.\n",
      "\n",
      "       To select a specific paper size, use the command line switch\n",
      "\n",
      "            -sPAPERSIZE=<paper_size>\n",
      "\n",
      "       for instance\n",
      "\n",
      "            -sPAPERSIZE=a4\n",
      "       or\n",
      "            -sPAPERSIZE=legal\n",
      "\n",
      "       Most ISO and US paper sizes are recognized. See the usage documentation\n",
      "       for  a  full  list,  or  the  definitions  in  the  initialization file\n",
      "       \"gs_statd.ps\".\n",
      "\n",
      "       Ghostscript can do many things other than print or view PostScript  and\n",
      "       PDF  files.   For  example,  if  you want to know the bounding box of a\n",
      "       PostScript (or EPS) file, Ghostscript provides a special \"device\"  that\n",
      "       just prints out this information.\n",
      "\n",
      "       For  example,  using  one  of the example files distributed with Ghost‐\n",
      "       script,\n",
      "\n",
      "            gs -sDEVICE=bbox golfer.ps\n",
      "\n",
      "       prints out\n",
      "\n",
      "            %%BoundingBox: 0 25 583 732\n",
      "            %%HiResBoundingBox: 0.808497 25.009496 582.994503 731.809445\n",
      "\n",
      "OPTIONS\n",
      "       -- filename arg1 ...\n",
      "              Takes the next argument as a file name as usual, but  takes  all\n",
      "              remaining  arguments  (even  if  they have the syntactic form of\n",
      "              switches) and defines the name \"ARGUMENTS\"  in  \"userdict\"  (not\n",
      "              \"systemdict\")  as  an array of those strings, before running the\n",
      "              file.  When Ghostscript finishes executing the  file,  it  exits\n",
      "              back to the shell.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -Dname=token\n",
      "       -dname=token\n",
      "              Define  a  name  in \"systemdict\" with the given definition.  The\n",
      "              token must be exactly one token (as defined by the \"token\" oper‐\n",
      "              ator) and may contain no whitespace.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -Dname\n",
      "       -dname Define a name in \"systemdict\" with value=null.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -Sname=string\n",
      "       -sname=string\n",
      "              Define  a  name  in  \"systemdict\"  with a given string as value.\n",
      "              This is different from -d.  For example, -dname=35 is equivalent\n",
      "              to the program fragment\n",
      "                   /name 35 def\n",
      "              whereas -sname=35 is equivalent to\n",
      "                   /name (35) def\n",
      "\n",
      "       -P     Makes Ghostscript to look first in the current directory for li‐\n",
      "              brary files.  By default, Ghostscript no  longer  looks  in  the\n",
      "              current  directory, unless, of course, the first explicitly sup‐\n",
      "              plied directory is \".\" in -I.  See also the INITIALIZATION FILES\n",
      "              section  below,  and  bundled Use.htm for detailed discussion on\n",
      "              search paths and how Ghostcript finds files.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -q     Quiet startup: suppress normal startup messages, and also do the\n",
      "              equivalent of -dQUIET.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -gnumber1xnumber2\n",
      "              Equivalent  to -dDEVICEWIDTH=number1 and -dDEVICEHEIGHT=number2.\n",
      "              This is for the benefit of devices (such as  X11  windows)  that\n",
      "              require (or allow) width and height to be specified.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -rnumber\n",
      "       -rnumber1xnumber2\n",
      "              Equivalent  to  -dDEVICEXRESOLUTION=number1 and -dDEVICEYRESOLU‐\n",
      "              TION=number2.  This is for the benefit of devices such as print‐\n",
      "              ers that support multiple X and Y resolutions.  If only one num‐\n",
      "              ber is given, it is used for both X and Y resolutions.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -Idirectories\n",
      "              Adds the designated list of  directories  at  the  head  of  the\n",
      "              search path for library files.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -      This  is  not really a switch, but indicates to Ghostscript that\n",
      "              standard input is coming from a file or a pipe and not  interac‐\n",
      "              tively  from  the command line.  Ghostscript reads from standard\n",
      "              input until it reaches end-of-file, executing it like any  other\n",
      "              file, and then continues with processing the command line.  When\n",
      "              the command line has been entirely processed, Ghostscript  exits\n",
      "              rather than going into its interactive mode.\n",
      "\n",
      "       Note  that  the  normal initialization file \"gs_init.ps\" makes \"system‐\n",
      "       dict\" read-only, so the values of names defined with -D, -d, -S, or  -s\n",
      "       cannot be changed (although, of course, they can be superseded by defi‐\n",
      "       nitions in \"userdict\" or other dictionaries.)\n",
      "\n",
      "SPECIAL NAMES\n",
      "       -dNOCACHE\n",
      "              Disables character caching.  Useful only for debugging.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -dNOBIND\n",
      "              Disables the \"bind\" operator.  Useful only for debugging.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -dNODISPLAY\n",
      "              Suppresses the normal initialization of the output device.  This\n",
      "              may be useful when debugging.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -dNOPAUSE\n",
      "              Disables the prompt and pause at the end of each page.  This may\n",
      "              be desirable for applications where another program  is  driving\n",
      "              Ghostscript.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -dNOPLATFONTS\n",
      "              Disables  the  use  of fonts supplied by the underlying platform\n",
      "              (for instance X Windows). This may be  needed  if  the  platform\n",
      "              fonts look undesirably different from the scalable fonts.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -dSAFER\n",
      "              Restricts  file operations the job can perform.  Strongly recom‐\n",
      "              mended for spoolers, conversion scripts or other sensitive envi‐\n",
      "              ronments  where  a badly written or malicious PostScript program\n",
      "              code must be prevented from changing important files.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -dWRITESYSTEMDICT\n",
      "              Leaves \"systemdict\" writable.  This is  necessary  when  running\n",
      "              special  utility programs, but is strongly discouraged as it by‐\n",
      "              passes normal Postscript security measures.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -sDEVICE=device\n",
      "              Selects an alternate initial output device, as described above.\n",
      "\n",
      "       -sOutputFile=filename\n",
      "              Selects an alternate output file (or pipe) for the initial  out‐\n",
      "              put device, as described above.\n",
      "\n",
      "SAFER MODE\n",
      "       The -dSAFER option disables the \"deletefile\" and \"renamefile\" operators\n",
      "       and prohibits opening piped commands (\"%pipe%cmd\"). Only \"%stdout\"  and\n",
      "       \"%stderr\"  can  be  opened  for  writing. It also disables reading from\n",
      "       files, except for \"%stdin\", files given as a command line argument, and\n",
      "       files  contained in paths given by LIBPATH and FONTPATH or specified by\n",
      "       the system params /FontResourceDir and /GenericResourceDir.\n",
      "\n",
      "       This mode also sets the .LockSafetyParams parameter of the initial out‐\n",
      "       put  device  to protect against programs that attempt to write to files\n",
      "       using the OutputFile device  parameter.  Since  the  device  parameters\n",
      "       specified  on  the command line, including OutputFile, are set prior to\n",
      "       SAFER mode, use of \"-sOutputFile=...\" on  the  command  line  is  unre‐\n",
      "       stricted.\n",
      "\n",
      "       SAFER mode prevents changing the /GenericResourceDir, /FontResourceDir,\n",
      "       /SystemParamsPassword, and /StartJobPassword.\n",
      "\n",
      "       While SAFER mode is not the default, it is the default for many wrapper\n",
      "       scripts  such  as ps2pdf and may be the default in a subsequent release\n",
      "       of Ghostscript.  Thus when running programs that need to open files  or\n",
      "       set  restricted  parameters  you should pass the -dNOSAFER command line\n",
      "       option or its synonym -dDELAYSAFER.\n",
      "\n",
      "       When running with -dNOSAFER it is possible to perform a \"save\" followed\n",
      "       by  \".setsafe\", execute a file or procedure in SAFER mode, and then use\n",
      "       \"restore\" to return to NOSAFER mode.  In order to prevent the save  ob‐\n",
      "       ject  from  being  restored  by  the  foreign  file  or  procedure, the\n",
      "       \".runandhide\" operator should be used to hide the save object from  the\n",
      "       restricted procedure.\n",
      "\n",
      "FILES\n",
      "       The  locations of many Ghostscript run-time files are compiled into the\n",
      "       executable when it is built.  Run \"gs  -h\"  to  find  the  location  of\n",
      "       Ghostscript  documentation  on your system, from which you can get more\n",
      "       details. On a Debian system they are in /usr.\n",
      "\n",
      "       /usr/share/ghostscript/[0-9]*.[0.9]*/*\n",
      "              Startup files, utilities,  and  basic  font  definitions  (where\n",
      "              [0-9]*.[0.9]* is the ghostscript version)\n",
      "\n",
      "       /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/*\n",
      "              More font definitions from the gsfonts package\n",
      "\n",
      "       /usr/share/doc/ghostscript/examples/*\n",
      "              Ghostscript  demonstration  files (if ghostscript-doc package is\n",
      "              installed)\n",
      "\n",
      "       /usr/share/doc/ghostscript/*\n",
      "              Diverse document files  (may  need  to  install  ghostscript-doc\n",
      "              package)\n",
      "\n",
      "INITIALIZATION FILES\n",
      "       When  looking for the initialization files \"gs_*.ps\", the files related\n",
      "       to fonts, or the file for the \"run\" operator, Ghostscript  first  tries\n",
      "       to  open the file with the name as given, using the current working di‐\n",
      "       rectory if no directory is specified.  If this fails, and the file name\n",
      "       doesn't  specify  an explicit directory or drive (for instance, doesn't\n",
      "       contain \"/\" on Unix systems), Ghostscript tries directories in this or‐\n",
      "       der:\n",
      "\n",
      "       1.  the  directories  specified  by the -I switches in the command line\n",
      "           (see below), if any;\n",
      "\n",
      "       2.  the directories specified by the GS_LIB  environment  variable,  if\n",
      "           any;\n",
      "\n",
      "       3.  the directories specified by the GS_LIB_DEFAULT macro in the Ghost‐\n",
      "           script makefile when the executable was built.   GS_LIB_DEFAULT  is\n",
      "           \"/usr/share/ghostscript/[0-9]*.[0-9]*/lib\" on a Debian system where\n",
      "           \"[0-9]*.[0-9]*\" represents the Ghostscript version number\n",
      "\n",
      "       Each of these (GS_LIB_DEFAULT, GS_LIB, and -I parameter) may be  either\n",
      "       a single directory or a list of directories separated by \":\".\n",
      "\n",
      "ENVIRONMENT\n",
      "       GS_OPTIONS\n",
      "              String  of  options  to be processed before the command line op‐\n",
      "              tions\n",
      "\n",
      "       GS_DEVICE\n",
      "              Used to specify an output device\n",
      "\n",
      "       GS_FONTPATH\n",
      "              Path names used to search for fonts\n",
      "\n",
      "       GS_LIB Path names for initialization files and fonts\n",
      "\n",
      "       TEMP   Where temporary files are made\n",
      "\n",
      "X RESOURCES\n",
      "       Ghostscript, or more properly the X11 display  device,  looks  for  the\n",
      "       following resources under the program name \"Ghostscript\":\n",
      "\n",
      "       borderWidth\n",
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      "       The various Ghostscript document files (above), especially Use.htm.  On\n",
      "       Debian you may need to install ghostscript-doc before reading the docu‐\n",
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      "       See   http://bugs.ghostscript.com/   and   the   Usenet   news    group\n",
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      "       This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 9.27.\n",
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      "       Artifex  Software,  Inc.  are  the  primary maintainers of Ghostscript.\n",
      "       Russell J. Lang, gsview at ghostgum.com.au, is the author  of  most  of\n",
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      "9.27                             4 April 2019                            GS(1)\n"
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   "source": [
    "!man -t gs"
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Not very pretty, luckily we have **ghostscript** which is the basis of many smaller commands, such as one to convert postscript to pdf. The command is called **ps2pdf**. When can connect the two commands together in so called **pipeline** with the **|** character -- which is called the *pipe* because of this usage."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "First let's make a folder for our manuals"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 6,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "!mkdir -p man"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Now let's run man gs and pipe the output to ps2pdf, saving in the file [man/gs.pdf](man/gs.pdf)."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 7,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "!man -t gs | ps2pdf - man/gs.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## A PDF Toolkit\n",
    "\n",
    "* python: ReportLab (more for *generation* not pre-existing PDF)\n",
    "* [gs](gs.pdf)\n",
    "* [ps2pdf](ps2pdf.pdf), [pdf2ps](pdf2ps.pdf)\n",
    "* [psnup](psnup.pdf), and [poster](poster.pdf)/[pdfposter](pdfposter.pdf)\n",
    "* [pstops](pstops.pdf)\n",
    "* [pdfunite](pdfunite.pdf), [pdfseparate](pdfseparate.pdf)\n",
    "* pdftk\n",
    "* python: [pikepdf](https://github.com/pikepdf/pikepdf) *active project* with [docs](https://pikepdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) and a fish logo\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Some links that were used in developing some of this notebook:\n",
    "\n",
    "* https://www.novell.com/documentation/suse91/suselinux-adminguide/html/ch06s08.html\n",
    "* https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/How_to_make_impositions_with_pstops\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## Make some **man**-uals with **ps2pdf**"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 9,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "!man -t psnup | ps2pdf - man/psnup.pdf\n",
    "!man -t pstops | ps2pdf - man/pstops.pdf\n",
    "!man -t ps2pdf | ps2pdf - man/ps2pdf.pdf\n",
    "!man -t pdf2ps | ps2pdf - man/pdf2ps.pdf\n",
    "!man -t pdftk | ps2pdf - man/pdftk.pdf\n",
    "!man -t pdfposter | ps2pdf - man/pdfposter.pdf\n",
    "!man -t poster | ps2pdf - man/poster.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# NB These tools are often part of other packages of tools, for instanced:\n",
    "# apt install ghostscript psutils pdfposter"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## Read the label with **pdfinfo**\n",
    "PDFs have useful info like number of pages and the (default) page size, but also can contain various *metadata* like Title, Keywords, and Author, and the \"Producer\" which often indicates what software was used to make the file."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 10,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "Title:          \n",
      "Keywords:       \n",
      "Author:         \n",
      "Producer:       cairo 1.16.0 (https://cairographics.org)\n",
      "CreationDate:   Wed Oct 28 19:43:01 2020 CET\n",
      "Tagged:         no\n",
      "UserProperties: no\n",
      "Suspects:       no\n",
      "Form:           none\n",
      "JavaScript:     no\n",
      "Pages:          4\n",
      "Encrypted:      no\n",
      "Page size:      595 x 841 pts\n",
      "Page rot:       0\n",
      "File size:      57323 bytes\n",
      "Optimized:      no\n",
      "PDF version:    1.5\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "!pdfinfo txt/language.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## Back to the Future with **pdf2ps**\n",
    "Many of the commands discussed here have their origins in the 1990s and were written to work with Postscript. Luckily there's also a **pdf2ps** command to go from PDF to Postscript. This command outputs (unless otherwise told) in a file with the same name but extension .ps\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 11,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "!pdf2ps txt/language.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "[language.ps](language.ps)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## **psnup** saves trees"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 12,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[1] [2] Wrote 2 pages, 481771 bytes\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "!psnup -2 language.ps psnup.ps"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "To look at it, run the ps2pdf..."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 22,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "DEBUG: FC_WEIGHT didn't match\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "!ps2pdf psnup.ps psnup.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "AND LOOK HERE: [psnup.pdf](psnup.pdf)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 17,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[1] [2] Wrote 2 pages, 481777 bytes\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "!psnup -2 -p a3 -s a3 language.ps psnup.ps"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Repeat the steps above to see it (make sure you close the PDF to reload it).\n",
    "\n",
    "The -c option lays out in column order (instead of rows). Check out the [manual](man/psnup.pdf)."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 21,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[1] Wrote 1 pages, 485929 bytes\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "!psnup -16 -c language.ps psnup.ps"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 19,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[1] Wrote 1 pages, 485997 bytes\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "!psnup -16 -c -p a0 language.ps psnup.ps"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## **pdftk** is another PDF toolkit\n",
    "This command can do many things. Let's use it to extract a page"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "!pdftk A=txt/language.pdf cat A1 output 1.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## Scale (among other things) with the multi-faceted **pstops**"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 24,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "[1] [2] [3] [4] Wrote 4 pages, 481656 bytes\n",
      "[1] [2] [3] [4] Wrote 4 pages, 481656 bytes\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "!pdf2ps txt/language.pdf 1.ps\n",
    "# Scale up A4 to A2, A0\n",
    "!pstops \"0@2.0\" -pa2 1.ps 1.output.ps\n",
    "!pstops \"0@4.0\" -pa0 1.ps 1.a0.ps"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "NB: When subsequently using **ps2pdf** on a resized postscript file, you should explictly specify the output paper size:"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 26,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "DEBUG: FC_WEIGHT didn't match\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "!ps2pdf -sPAPERSIZE=a0 1.a0.ps 1.a0.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 27,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "Creator:        GPL Ghostscript 927 (ps2write)\n",
      "Producer:       GPL Ghostscript 9.27\n",
      "CreationDate:   Wed Oct 28 21:23:58 2020 CET\n",
      "ModDate:        Wed Oct 28 21:23:58 2020 CET\n",
      "Tagged:         no\n",
      "UserProperties: no\n",
      "Suspects:       no\n",
      "Form:           none\n",
      "JavaScript:     no\n",
      "Pages:          4\n",
      "Encrypted:      no\n",
      "Page size:      2384 x 3370 pts (A0)\n",
      "Page rot:       0\n",
      "File size:      63970 bytes\n",
      "Optimized:      no\n",
      "PDF version:    1.4\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "!pdfinfo 1.a0.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## From pdf to ps and back again with a **pipeline sandwich**\n",
    "You might say, what a drag that pstops only scales postscript files and not PDF, well just wrap it in a Pipeline sandwich..."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "!pdf2ps 1.pdf - | pstops \"0@4.0\" -pa2 | ps2pdf -sPAPERSIZE=a0 - 1.a0.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## Make a blank PDF with **python** and reportlab.pdfgen.canvas"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas\n",
    "from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import A4\n",
    "c = Canvas(\"blanka4.pdf\", pagesize=A4, bottomup=0)\n",
    "c.showPage()\n",
    "c.save()"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## Tile and zoom with **poster**"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "From the [poster](msn/poster.pdf) manual:\n",
    "\n",
    ">*Poster* can be used to create a large poster by building it from multiple pages and/or printing it on large me-dia.  Itexpects  as  input  a  generic  (encapsulated)  postscript  file,  normally  printing  on  a  single  page.Theoutput is again a postscript file, maybe containing multiple pages together building the poster.The outputpages bear cutmarks and have slightly overlapping images for easier assembling.  The input picture will bescaled to obtain the desired size"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 28,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "Using default whitemargin of 0\n",
      "Deciding for 4 columns and 4 rows of portrait pages.\n",
      "Deciding for a scale factor of 4\n",
      "print page 1\n",
      "DEBUG: FC_WEIGHT didn't match\n",
      "print page 2\n",
      "print page 3\n",
      "print page 4\n",
      "print page 5\n",
      "print page 6\n",
      "print page 7\n",
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      "print page 24\n",
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      "print page 30\n",
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      "print page 59\n",
      "print page 60\n",
      "print page 61\n",
      "print page 62\n",
      "print page 63\n",
      "print page 64\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "#!poster -mA3 -pA0 1.ps | ps2pdf - > poster.poster.pdf\n",
    "!poster -v -c0 -iA4 -mA4 -pA0 1.ps | ps2pdf - > poster.poster.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "The newer [pdfposter](man/pdfposter.pdf) works directly with PDF files, and has slightly different options.\n",
    "\n",
    "For example to prints an A4 input file on 8 A3 pages, forming an A0 poster:"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 30,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "!pdfposter -mA3 -pA0 1.a0.pdf pdfposter.pdf"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## **Puzzle**: Combine tools to make a poster with different elements\n",
    "![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/15-Puzzle.jpg/330px-15-Puzzle.jpg)"
   ]
  },
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   "execution_count": null,
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